Pop diva Anastacia vows to beat breast cancer

Chart-topping US pop star Anastacia has told her fans around the world not to worry after she was diagnosed with breast cancer, saying she's a fighter.

Anastacia says in a statement that her doctor - who was insistent that she have a mammogram during a routine check-up last week, even though it wasn't required - has saved her life.

She says she has no intention of letting this news get her down and she says she's a a fighter by nature.

Representatives declined to discuss other details of the illness or her planned treatment.

Publicist Paul Freundlich said Anastacia is in dance rehearsals in New York and plans to finish filming a video for her latest single, Love Is a Crime, featured on the soundtrack of the film Chicago.");document.write("

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When she was 13, Anastacia was diagnosed with Crohn's disease, a chronic inflammation of the digestive track. She has said she would never hide a large scar on her midriff, instead showing it off with formfitting cropped tops.

The 29-year-old Chicago-born singer, whose full name is Anastacia Kirkland, burst onto the dance music charts less than three years ago with I'm Out of Love.